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Stock Day at Blue River

Date: 12 06 1910
Description: Elevated view of stock day at the railroad yards, showing pens of sheep and other livestock ready for loading into railroad cars. All of the cars are deco...
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Elevated View of Town

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the town.
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Elevated View of Town

Date: 1899
Description: View of Bloomington, with a man in the foreground looking over the vista.
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Cassville Brewery

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the brewery dwarfed by the overhead bluffs. The brewery was built by William Schmitz. George Scheibl ran the brewery from 1899 until his d...
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Nelson Dewey State Park

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Description: Elevated view from bluff of a house in Cassville surrounded by bluffs, trees and farmland. Railroad tracks run between the crops and the trees, and the Mis...
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Cassville from the Park

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Description: Caption reads: "View from the park". View down dirt road, with a large deciduous tree on the left side of the road, and a cornfield on the right. In the di...
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South Lancaster Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: This store, which was originally built in 1840 (and rebuilt after an 1877 fire) was bought in 1891, by Samuel Kerr who continued to sell sugar, flour, mola...
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Platteville School District #10 Rural School

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Description: Small rural clapboard schoolhouse with class posing at entrance. There is a dog sitting on the right side of the building, and cows are in a field in the b...
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Boys Corn Club Contest

Date: 05 1911
Description: Jeffie Duncan, winner of first prize in corn contest, and calf, Lawn Mower, stand before tent exhibiting the Boys Corn Club Contest.
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Corn Contest Prize Winners

Date: 05 1911
Description: Six young men, winners of the Wisconsin No. 7 corn contest, pose in front of tent. From left to right: Ray Peterson, Everett Palmer, Earl Ward, Herbert Ec...
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Corn Exhibit

Date: 1913
Description: Corn Exhibit on display at Grant County Fair.
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Corn Exhibit

Date: 1913
Description: Corn Exhibit on display at Grant County Fair.
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Corn Exhibit at Grant County Fair

Date: 09 17 1912
Description: Boys and Girls Wisconsin No. 7 Corn Exhibit. J.J. Garland of Madison judged the exhibit.
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Second Annual Livingston High School Fair

Date: 10 04 1913
Description: View from road of fairgoers and cattle on the front lawn of Union High School.
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Ten Prize Ears

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Description: Prize-winning ears of Wisconsin No. 7 corn on display. Students were given the seeds and encouraged to enter the resulting corn in the contest. The ten ear...
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Prize Winning Ears

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Description: Close-up of ten prize winning ears of corn on display at the Grant County Fair.
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Corn Exhibit

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Description: Ears of corn on display under a striped tent. Three men are behind the tent near a building.
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Vegetables at Union High School Agricultural Fair

Date: 10 05 1912
Description: Tagged vegetables, including pumpkins, potatoes, corn, and etc., displayed on a shelf and floor in a room.
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Livestock Judging at Union High School Agricultural Fair

Date: 10 05 1912
Description: Elevated view of crowd around horses during livestock judging. In the background are fields, a road, power lines, and in the far distance along the horizon...
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Horses at Union High School Agricultural Fair

Date: 10 05 1912
Description: Men standing in a field holding horses by their bridles. One man is in a horse-drawn carriage. In the background on the far side of the field is a crowd ne...

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